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  • Sounding the field: recent works in sound studies

  • Tim Boon
  • Journal:
    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 48 / Issue 3 / September 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    10 August 2015, pp. 493-502
    Print publication:
    September 2015

  • For sound studies, the publication of a 593-page handbook, not to mention the establishment of at least one society – the European Sound Studies Association – might seem to signify the emergence of a new academic discipline. Certainly, the books under consideration here, alongside many others, testify to an intensification of concern with the aural dimensions of culture. Some of this work comes from HPS and STS, some from musicology and cultural studies. But all of it should concern members of our disciplines, as it represents a long-overdue foregrounding of the aural in how we think about the intersections of science, technology and culture.

  • BJH volume 48 issue 3 Cover and Back matter

  • Journal:
    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 48 / Issue 3 / September 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    10 August 2015, pp. b1-b7
    Print publication:
    September 2015
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  • Weathering the empire: meteorological research in the early British straits settlements

  • FIONA WILLIAMSON
  • Journal:
    The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 48 / Issue 3 / September 2015
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    03 August 2015, pp. 475-492
    Print publication:
    September 2015

  • This article explores meteorological interest and experimentation in the early history of the Straits Settlements. It centres on the establishment of an observatory in 1840s Singapore and examines the channels that linked the observatory to a global community of scientists, colonial officers and a reading public. It will argue that, although the value of overseas meteorological investigation was recognized by the British government, investment was piecemeal and progress in the field often relied on the commitment and enthusiasm of individuals. In the Straits Settlements, as elsewhere, these individuals were drawn from military or medical backgrounds, rather than trained as dedicated scientists. Despite this, meteorology was increasingly recognized as of fundamental importance to imperial interests. Thus this article connects meteorology with the history of science and empire more fully and examines how research undertaken in British dependencies is revealing of the operation of transnational networks in the exchange of scientific knowledge.

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